Episode Report Card Wing Chun: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Crossroads
By Wing Chun | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.13.1998
Then we cut to Pacey who is sitting on a boat and Andie coes along, not having changed out of her bikini top and sarong in spite of the fact that it's DARK OUT and HAS RAINED and anyway she gives him a magic 8-ball she had originally intended as a gift for her brother and he asks it whether he'll pass his driver's test on the next try and "signs point to yes" and then she grabs it from him and fumbles it into the water which Pacey says "can't be a good sign" and starts blathering about how this party was supposed to be some grandiose gesture of profound personality change but it was a profound failure and she tells him he's still just "figuring it out" and Pacey answers that "we are so deep." Yawn. Note to Producers: These Two Have No Chemistry. Save Us.
Then we cut back to Dawson and Joey who are still making out and then he tells her he has to go talk to Pacey.
Then we're in Grams' house as Jen approaches a mirror and gets a glimpse of her slatternly self and distressedly wipes the mascara from beneath her eyes.
Then Dawson in a windbreaker and Pacey in a garbage bag through which he's poked his head and arms are picking up garbage from the party, and hey, I'm no psychologist but maybe Pacey's self-confidence would increase if he didn't outfit himself in a trash bag, but whatever. So Dawson apologizes some more and blames his forgetting Pacey's birthday on complicated stuff with Joey, and Pacey tells him he's happy for Dawson and Joey although he's going to miss some things about being Dawson's best friend (though he doesn't say what) and Dawson says they'll always be friends and some things won't change (though he doesn't say what) and then Dawson asks if they're "having a moment" and Pacey thinks they are and they break it because they're boys and otherwise it would be gay and then Dawson says they should go to Maine anyway because Dawson knows where his dad keeps the keys to the "fishmobile" (no comment) and Pacey blows him off and finally Dawson says, "Pacey? Happy birthday" as they zip off in the powerboat cresting through the waves in a pretty major shout-out to Freud, at which time the credits finally roll.